Congress Passes Groundbreaking Postpartum Depression Legislation [HuffingtonPost.com]

Samantha Sangenito 12/9/1611:08 AM

Over 400,000 women in the U.S. suffer from postpartum depression each year. Yet only an estimated 15 percent of those mothers receive treatment, and countless women who have suffered from PPD report feeling deeply alone in their struggles.

But the federal government is offering families a glimmer of hope for the future of maternal mental health in the U.S.

On Nov. 30, Rep. Katherine M. Clark (D-Mass.) announced that her maternal mental health legislation, the Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows Act, passed in the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, it passed in the Senate.

[For more of this story, written by Caroline Bologna, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...53a6e4b09e21702d2a43]

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